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their houses, as well as several bird-houses. 

 We have taken bird-walks, and shall visit 

 the natural-history department of Coe 

 College." 



The three illustrations on page 240 are 

 notable. The first is especially interest- 

 ing because it represents, as its teacher, 

 Miss Julia V. Goodloe, writes, children 

 from the mining districts near Birming- 

 ham, Alabama, most of whom are of 

 foreign parentage. It is of great impor- 

 tance to reach this class of our population 

 and get them to understand and appre- 

 ciate the American view of bird-saving, 

 and the reasons for it. 



The pleasing Class-picture from Knights- 

 town, Indiana, is sent by its conductor. 

 Miss Flora Strait; that from South Wind- 

 ham, Maine, (page 223) represents the 

 class on Forest Home Farm, led by C. A. 

 Nash; and the Hummingbird lesson is 

 being given by Miss Florence C. Sammon 

 at Castana, Iowa. This lady writes: 



"My bird-class consists of thirty first- 

 grade and second-grade pupils. Although 

 the children are small, I am sure you 

 would smile with pleasure at the bird- 

 lore they know. I purchased thirty 



copies of your bird-pictures, about thirty 

 different birds. These I mounted, and 

 hung about the room. Every child knows 

 every bird-picture I have; and many are 

 recognizing these birds when they see 

 them out-of-doors, or hear them about 

 town. We also keep notebooks and fasten 

 a leaflet in each one. Thus we can read 

 it at any time. All together we write a 

 story of the bird studied, some pupils 

 offering sentences, and others correcting 

 them until we have a good, readable 

 story." 



Virginia's Public Bird Day 



It was characteristically accommoda- 

 ting in the always genial Audubon to be 

 born at so proper a time of the year as 

 early May; and it is equally graceful in 

 Governor H. C. Stuart, of Virginia, to 

 proclaim the observance of May 4, 

 Audubon's birthday, as the time when the 

 State's new Bird Day should be cele- 

 brated. The establishment of this annual 

 festival of the birds is a notable event for 

 Virginia, and one that rewards a vast 

 amount of patient, persistent, and skil- 

 ful exertion upon the part of the Audu- 

 bon workers and bird-lovers of that State; 



NINTH PRIZE.— A JOLLY CROWD OF JUNIORS AT CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA 



